The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 06, 1915, Image 2
Cfct Watchman oft Bafyn
PfRSONAI) MENTION.
Mr*. Mary C. Augustine, who has
been ?pending the winter in tit.
Petersburg. Ft*.. Is visiting her
daughter. Mrs. C. W. Voge).
Miss Pauline Dove left Monday af?
ternoon for a visit i > her sister. Mrs.
<?. J. Keep, at Jacksonville. Fla., af?
ter a ehort visit in the city.
Mra J W. McCown and daughter.
Mies Annie, of Florence, spent Tues?
day In the city shopping.
Mr. O. T Handers, of Hagood.
?pent Tuesday in Sumter.
Miss Hollls Clyde, or Lancaster, is
?pending a few days with her coualn.
Mrs. Walter Folsom.
Iff* T. W. Prldgeon and little
daughter, of North Carolina, are
?pending a fsw days with Mra. Louis
Darr.
Mra. C. R. Handera, of Hagood, was
In the city on Wednesday.
Mra Otis White, known hers as
Miss Marguerite Walker, of Green?
ville, who la visiting in Summerton.
?peat part of the day In the city.
Mr. L. L. Baker, of Lee county,
was a /taitor to the city Wednesday.
Miss Martha Cook, of Norfolk. Vs.,
Is the attractive guest of Miss Eva
Klagman on Washington Street.
Miss Moselle Alderman, of Alcolu.
was a visitor to the city on Thursday.
tint: DftCMTKOYM RESIDENCE.
SD-a \ c. Moore of Deisel! Lost
Home This Morning.
The residence of Mrs. A. C. Moore
at Dalsell was destroyed by Are at
? bout 11 o'clock this morning. The
Are started from a defective chim?
ney.
The dwelling was two stories, and
was almost completely destroyed.
Most of the furniture was saved be?
fore the Are had gained much head?
way. The houss was Insured.
Real KaCate Transfers.
Isaiah Myers to W. B. Boyls Com?
pany, let In county, $71.
T. P. Sanders to Nelson Boy kin.
lot in town of item Pert, $)$0.
B. P O. E. Sanction
At s largely attended und enthus?
iastic meeting of the Humtcr Lodge
of Bias on Tussday night, the reg?
ular annual election of officers was
hold The following officers were
elected:
W. L. McCutchen, Exalted Ruler.
L. W McLemore. Esteemed Lead?
ing Knight
J. O. It. Wilder. Esteemed Loys)
Knight.
C. D. MeKnlght. Esteemed Lectur?
ing Knight.
P. 8. Finn. Secretary.
ff. N. Forrester. Treasurer.
B. F. Scott. Tiler.
Jaa Calk, Trustee.
W. L. Boyle. Representative to
Orand Lodge.
W. J. Scale, Alternate.
Heal I Mate Tran*fern
Shaperd Johnson to lt. D. Lee, 1.1
C. Strauss and Da Ma D. Molse, execu?
tors, lot In county. $33.
K W A Bult man to Dora 8.
Bultman. 10 acres In county. $5 and
ether conalderatlona.
W L Boyle to J. E. Stoudenmlre,
lot on Broad street. $1.160.
J. B. Stoudenmlre to J. D. Shlrer.
lot on Broad street. $t.U0.
D. R. McCallum. et al.. to B. R.
Compton. lot on Harby Avenue, $1,
7 It.
8am Ballard. one of the negroes
what wsa alleged to be concerned In
the theft of Mayor L. D. Jennings'
ear laat Sunday night, hsn not yst
been apprehended.
In the pol.<r eourl today Will Alex?
ander was charged with cursing and
creating a disturbance, the case be?
ing dlsmtsaed fur lack or prosecu?
tion.
The band concert by the Honey
Boy" Kvana Minstrel company at?
tracted much attention and seemed to
please the big crowd which gathered
on ths street to listen to the music
The hoae wagons ware called out
Wedneeday morning to a smull lire at
a negro house on Mary street. little
damage was done, only a Hmull hole
being burned In the ro?.f of the
building.
The development or a system or
marketing that will bring the pro?
ducer and c nsumer in direct contact
by the elimination of the middle man
|a based npon the theory or the great?
est good to the greatest number. It
will help the producers and the con?
sumers but will work a hardship on
ths middleman by matn lnll> gejfUW
log his buelnees.
NTOLKN CAR RECOVERED.
\\ um Found on Oakland Avenue
About 10 O'clock i.h.i Night.
From The Dally Item. March 2.
The Ford touring car stolen from
L. D. Jennings on Sunday night was
recovered last night about 10 o'clock
on Oakland avenue, where it had
been lett by the party or parties who
had stolen it for a joy ride. The cat
was found by John Morris, a 15-year
old white boy, who reported hlH dis?
covery to Jim Burkett. who brought
the car up street to police headquar?
ters, where it was turned over to
Mr. Jennings, who was immediately
notified of the find.
The car had a broken radiator and
the muffler was badly damaged, but
otherwise It was in good condition.
When discovered the car had been
left only a few minutes, for the radia?
tor was still hot at the time. When
stolen the tank was well filled with
gasoline and it was learned yesterday
that a car answering the description
of the stolen one was seen to pass
Horatio at a very rapid rute of speed
and later stopped at Hagood, where
gasolfhe was purchased, so the thieves
must have run the ear over a comdd
erable distance in the time between
then and when it was stolen. Mr.
Jennings stated today that he had
Information as to who were the
thieves and he was pushing the mat?
ter in order to have them arrested be"
fore they got wind of the fact.
One of Auto Thieves Caught.
John Keels, one of two men who
ran off with Mayor L. D. Jennings'
car on Sunday night was arrested
this afternoon and lodged in Jail, the
arrest being made after Mr. Jennings
and Deputy Sheriff Epperson had
been to Hagood to secure informa?
tion there * from negroes who were
seen In the car. The police are now
looking for the other negro concern?
ed in the theft and hope to have him
by night.
It was learned this morning that
gasoline had been sold to the negroes
Monday at Hagood and two negroes
of that place were in the car at the
time. These negroes were visited
this morning and told the namee t
Humter negroes who had the car.
Word was at once telephoned in to
town for the police to arrest Keels
and the other negro. As it was known
where Keels worked, he was soon un?
der arrest, but the othe; man has n1 |
yet been locaied. 1.? els confessed
r robbery and stated that they
Just went for ? ride, lntendin,: to
bring the car back that night, but
they ran out of gasoline and had to
wait at Hagood until they could se?
cure some more to come back on.
YOUTHFUL CULPRITS WARNED.
Young Men ami Young Ladies Must
Not Pick Flowers from Other Peo?
ple's Yards.
Chief of Police J. R. Sumter has re?
cently had lodged with him several
complaints by ladies of the city, who
have suffered at the hands of some
careless young men or women of the
city. They complained in several in?
stances that these young folks enter?
ed their flower gardens at night and
carried oft with them a large quan?
tity of flowers, in several Instances
also trampling down the plants and
injuring the flowers which they did
not pick.
Chief Sumter wishes to warn these
that the police have been instructed
when on their rounds at night to no?
tice carefully for any such depreda?
tors and If any are caught they will
suffer in the recorder's court for their
wiifulness.
DEATH AT TIN DAL.
Ma lining S. Hodge Die at Age of
Sixty-two? Local Do' i.
Tindal. March 2.?Mr. Manning L.
Hodge died at his ho*me near here on
Sunday morning, Februar 28th. after
u long Illness, age t>2 yeurs. Tho fun?
eral service was conducted by Rev.
M. J. Klser of Paxvlllc, at Providence
church on Monday morning at 11
o'clock and was attended by a large
number of relatives and friends. He
leaves a wife and five children, four
girls and one son.
Mr. Ilodgo was a progressive and
useful citizen and will be greatly
missed in tins section.
Mr. F. B. Hodge, who has been
sick for Home time, is now improv?
ing.
Tho furmers are making some
progress now along the line of pre?
paring for unother crop.
There has been a good acrcago of
oats planted in this neighborhood, bttt
they are not looking very promising
now. Tobacco beds are seen on al?
most every farm.
The Ohaqtauqua season will open
April 21st. The program Is as varied
and uttructlve as that of last year.
The law ggjggtgg at the recent ses?
sion of the legislature to make the
Webb law effective In South Carolina
will put all the locker clubs out of
business, if it is strictly unforced.
10 PROVIDE GRAIN FACILITIES
flan TO ENLARGE CAPACITY of
parrott B?LLING COMPANY
PLANT.
WIU Also Add Fifty Barrel Flour
Mill ami Make Other Clutnge*?
Hope to Fw nn $15,000 Corporation
to Purcliase I*resenl Plant and Op?
erate Mill.
A plan of the Chamber of Com?
merce now on foot will prove of in?
estimable value to the people of
Sumter county, especially the farm?
ers, if it is carried through, as it is
hoped and expected that it will be.
The plan is to organize a $15,000
stock company to take over the pres?
ent Parrott Milling company plant
and to enlarge its bins to quadruple
its present capacity and to add a roll?
er mill, where the wheat grown by
Sumter county farmers can be con?
verted into flour.
The plan has been thoroughly look?
ed into by a committee consisting of
Messrs. S. C. Baker, J. W. McKeiver
and G. A. Lemmon, who have given
It their full endorsement. In the
pursuance of the plan a committee
has secured an option on the property
of the Parrott Milling company for
$7,000. This option covers the lot,
building, and entire equipment of tho
plant. The changes which will be
made are the addition of 16,000 bush?
el capacity bins. The plant now has a
4,000 bushel capacity. This addition
will cost approximately $2,000. It is
also intended to add the flour mill
with a capacity of from forty to fifty
barrels or flour a day. This will cost
In the neighborhood of $2,000. It
will thus be seen that the cost of
plant, $7,000, the enlargement of
capacity, and flour mill will make a
total of $11.000. This will leave |t>
000 of the proposed $10,000 capital
stock of the company for a working
basis to carry on the operations of
the mill, which thus equipped will be
one of the most complete and best In
this section of the State.
The idea of the Chamber of Com?
merce is to provide facilities near at
hand for Sumter county farmers to
grind their flour and to keep their
surplus corn at home, thus encour?
aging the "live at home policy" by
grinding meal and grits, as well as
flour, for use in the city and county,
and avoiding the importation of
thousand* of ?.urfc? of meal and grits
and barels ol ilour every year, as is
now the custom. The committee con - i
slating cf Dr. Baker and Messrs. M
Kiever and Lemmon consider the
proposition a good one. The present
plant has cost something between
$12,000 and $13,000 and the option
has been secured on it for $7,000. It
is in excellent condition and the only
changes to be made are the addition?
al bins and the flour mill. Those en?
tering Into the company will there?
fore secure more than value for their
money und will be aiding in a plan to
help both the city and county.
The stock of the proposed corpora?
tion will be sold by public subscrip?
tion and a committee consisting of
Messrs. G. A. Lemmon, D. R. Mc
Callum and J. Z. Uearon will visit the
business men of Sumter at some time
in the near future to solicit subscrip?
tions. The plan is a meritorious one
and the Chamber of Commerce is
working hard to push It through to a
successful termination. It Is there?
fore hoped that when the committee
waits on the citizens of Sumter that
these citizens will be prepared to
subscribe liberally.
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RETIRING POSTMASTER HONOR?
ED.
Presented Handsome Walking Cane
by Members of Postoflleo Force.
From The Daily Item, March 3.
Retiring Postmaster Geo. D. Shore '
was "caned" last night in a unique
manner by the members of the
Sumter postofflce force, who present?
ed him with a handsome gold-head?
ed walking cane in token of their es?
teem and appreciation of his services
as postmaster for the past thirteea
years. The cane was inscribed "To
Geo. D. Shore, Postmaster, Sumter, S.
Oh 1902-1915."
The presentation was made about
$ o'clock on Tuesday evening by Mr.
R. S. Moiso, the clerk at the gener?
al delivery window, and was respond?
ed to by Mr. Shore in u few appro
prite remarks of appreciation and
I thanks.
j Mr. Shore was also the recipient
1 during the day of a handsome gold
mounted fountain pen from Albert
(I. Spears, Jr., janitor, and Anna
Williams, the charwoman, of the
postofflce, who in this way showed
their esteem for the retiring postmas?
ter.
Death of An Infitnt.
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas J, Currnn died on Sunday
night and was buried at the Catholic
! cemetery on Monday afternoon.
If a few joy riders are given sixty
! day trips on the ch; n gang they
IWould not make such free use of oth
I er people's cars.
SEASON ENDS WITH VICTORY.
Bl'MTJSK BASKETBALL FIVE
DOWNS CIL1RLESTON MEN
31 TO '24 IX FAST GAME.
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Drevenstedt und Nash Starred Tor Lo?
cals and Heidi for Visitors?Sum- i
ter Players Took Lead at First of
(iamc uiul Held it Throughout, Al
though Charleston Team Came Buck
Strong- in Second Half.
From The Daily Item, March 3.
The Sumter Y. M. C. A. basketball
team ended its 1914-15 season witli a
victory over the Charleston Y. M. C,
A. live last night in one of the hard?
est fought and fastest games ever
played on the local court. Both
teams put up a scrappy contest
throughout, but the visitors were un
lable to keep up with the fast pace
set by the locals in the first half,
when the victory was practically
won.
Hampered by being on a court lit?
tle over half as large as their own,
the visitors showed their grit by play?
ing until the game was out without
a let up for a single moment. By
winning this game the Sumter five
evens up the series of two games with
the Charleston men, losing on the
Charleston court, where they were
handicapped by being unused to so
large a court, and winning on their
own court where they had the ad?
vantage over the visitors. This also
ends the season for the Sumter team,
which has had a creditable season for
its second year in the basketball
arena. Three games have been lost,
two to Columbia and one to Charles?
ton, and five have been won, from
Columbia Mills, Charleston College,
Charleston, and two from Porter
Military, one here and one in Char*
leston. Only one game has been lost
on the local court, that to the season?
ed Columbia players.
The game last night started off with
a rush when Physical Director Long
of the Charleston Y. M. C. A., who
had been asked to referee the game,
threw up the ball between the two
centers and Nash batted it to
Drevenstedt. Sumter made three
foule and one of these counted *
point for the Charleston team. It was
then that Sumter, after about Big
minutes of play made first field goal,
Chandler making a pretty throw from
a difficult position. A second* and
third g?>al were then tfiaoe end Sum* |
ter took a lead never overcome. The
t\rst half ended with the acure 17 to
9 In Sumter's fgvor. In the second
half the Charleston five came back
strong, with Heidt shifted to his reg?
ular place at guard and Kable play?
ing forward in his place. It was In
this half that Heidt proved himself
the star of the game guarding Chan?
dler and Cuttino and shooting five
goals himself. During the half Bult
man took Bryan's place at guard
and Cuttino Chandler's place at for?
ward. Sellers was sent in to take his
regular place at forward and Fike
was taken out, Kable being shifted to
his regular place at guard, this was
too late, however, to save the game,
although it strengthened the Char?
leston team.
I For Charleston Heidt was the par?
ticular star, playing an excellent
game at forward and a perfect game
at guard. Fike also played a good
game at guard and Sellers played
well the short while he was in the
game. For Sumter Drevenstedt was
exceptionally strong, playing his best
game of the season, his work on of?
fense and defense both being excel?
lent, and his passing and goal shoot?
ing aiding greatly in counting points
for his team. Nash played his usual
strong defensive game and starred in
passing so that points could be made.
He outplayed his opponent at center
and proved a source of much strength
to his team. Chatham played his
hardest game of the season at guard,
his work going a great way to keep
down the score of the visitors. Chan?
dler played his usual good game at
forward, his accurate goal shooting
counting for much in scoring points
for his team. Cuttino played a fast
game for the short while he was in
the scrap.
The line-up of the two teams was:
Charleston Y. M. C. A., Ortman.
center; Heidt, Seel, Kable, Sellers, for?
wards; Fike, Kable and Heidt,
guards; Sumter Y. M. C. A., Nash,
center; Drevenstedt, Chandler and
Cuttino, forwards; Bryan, Chatham
and Bultman, guard. Heferee, H. W.
Long.
Fiold goals, Charleston, Seel 1;
Heidt 8; Ortman, 1; Sumter, Chandler
0; Drevenstedt 8; Nash 1. One point
awarded Charleston.
Death.
Mr. Sam Davis, a resident of the
Zoar section, died at the Tourney
Hospital on Friday morning and was
buried at the Davis family burying
ground on Saturday morning. Mr.
Davis was a native of that section and
Was about 08 years of age. He is sur?
vived by one brother, Ransom J. Da
Ms, two half brothers, Daniel Davis
i of St. Stephens, and Brunson Davis
of Williamsburg, and one sister. Mrs
Mary Lewis*
OR. GEO. W. DICK POSTMASTER.
Succeeded Geo. 1). Shore When He
Took Charge of Oflice This Morn
tag.
From The Daily Ttem, March 3.
Dr. Geo. W. Dick this morning took
charge of the postofflce and assumed
the duties as postmaster, succeeding
Mr. Geo. D. Shore, who has been
postmaster for the past thirteen years.
Dr. Dick and Mr. Shore last night
cheeked over the business and appur?
tenances of the office and the ex?
change was completed at that time.
This morning Dr. Dick was busy in
his new office with Mr. T. S. Doar,
assistant postmaster, going over the
details of the office and its numerous
duties, acquiring information as to
the work and duties of the office.
When seen by a representative of J
The Item, Dr. Dick stated that he had
nothing to say for publication, saying
that he was "just at the present mo?
ment acquiring information and not
imparting it." He added, however,
that he had a busy time ahead of him
informing himself of the routine of a
postmaster's job and the regulations
of the department. He said that he
would endeavor to make Sumter an
efficient postmaster.
Dr. Dick's resignation as a mem?
ber of the Sumter county delegation
in the legislature took effect last
night. He today forwarded his writ?
ten resignation to Speaker Hbyt at
Columbia. Mr. Geo. D. Shore, the
retiring postmaster, will devote his
time in future to his duties as presi?
dent of the Commercial and Savings
bank and to other business interests.
The movement is well under way
to take over the plant of the Parrott
Milling Company, increase its storage
capacity to 20,000 bushels of grain
and add to the plant a 50 barrel roller
flour mill.
GOOD ROADS BONDS SOLD.
County .loard Decides to Issue $10.
000 Road Improvement Bonds to
Build Permanent Bridges.
The County Board at its meeting
Tuesday morning decided to issue
$10,000 Road Improvement bonds,
these being sold to Tillotson and Waf
son Company of Cleveland i Ohio,
at five per cent interest. The fund*
secured by the sale of these bonds
will he used in the construction of
steel and concrete bridges, chiefly on
streams crossing roads approaching
the city which are much used, and
? in purchasing and laying terra cotta
.pipe for smaller streams in various
parts of the county.
A petition for a new road from the
old Charleston road near Mrs. All
ston's place to Hagood was received
and the matter was referred to Super?
visor Pitts to report back at the next
meeting of the board.
Messrs. Folsom and Thompson ap?
peared before the board to request
that the license on agents selling eye
glasses in the county be increased
from $40 to $50 and an additional $10
paid to the person securing evidence
against the persons violating the law.
This request was refused, as the board
did not deem it advisable7' to ofler re?
wards to private parties, when the ru?
ral policemen and magistrates and
their constables were en powered to
enforce laws against peddling.
A request for a telephone in the
Magistrate's office at Sumter was re?
fused, as this would set a precedent
which the obard considered unwise.
The South Carolina Railroad
Commission was in the city for a
while this morning inspecting the
Sumter and Wateree branch of the
Southern Railroad. Messrs. John O.
Richards and Frank W. Shealey made
the inspection. Mr. Hampton not hav?
ing come with the commission.
It's Fine?
To have good intentions
about saving?but good in?
tentions only, won't get you
anywhere. Begin the actual
practica of saving to-day at
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